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Book Synopsis Journey of the Nightly Jaguar by : Burton Albert
Download or read book Journey of the Nightly Jaguar written by Burton Albert and published by Aladdin. This book was released on 2007-12-17 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Inspired by a glyph on an ancient Mayan ruin, Burton Albert’s poetic and intriguing tale presents the transformation of the Mayan jungle from day to night through the nightly routine of a powerful jaguar. In the setting sun, raindrops darken into spotted markings and the nightly jaguar begins his journey through the dark jungle as the wind whistles to the monkey’s chatter. As the night ends, he climbs into the canopy at the jungle’s edge, springs into the ocean, and rises again with sun. Inspired by a Mayan myth from A.D. 600-900, Burton Albert shares the enchanting story of the mystical nightly jaguar with children around the world. Paintings by Robert Roth bring his special vision alive as they evoke the mystery of the lordly jaguar’s journey through the night.
Book Synopsis Journey of the Nightly Jaguar by : Burton Albert
Download or read book Journey of the Nightly Jaguar written by Burton Albert and published by Marcel Dekker. This book was released on 2000-01-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis Journey of the Lord of Night by : Rachel Von Gardey
Download or read book Journey of the Lord of Night written by Rachel Von Gardey and published by Createspace Independent Pub. This book was released on 2014-07-08 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The great wheel of time has begun to count down the end of an age. In the rainforest, the ancient jaguar is Lord of Night and Lord of all the beasts. He sets out on a journey to find a steward for the earth. But his quest reveals greed, selfishness, and viciousness among the animals. Men turn out to be even worse and the jaguar suffers terribly at their hands. Is the world doomed? Can the creatures recognize their interdependence on one another before time runs out? Immerse yourself in a timeless tale rich with allegory and song, inspired by various oral and folklore traditions of the ancient meso-american people. What will your heart decide?
Download or read book Jaguar written by Roland Smith and published by Hyperion. This book was released on 1999-02-03 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: While accompanying his father on an expedition up the Amazon River to a jaguar preserve in Brazil, fourteen-year-old Jacob msut contend with dangerous animals and fortune hunters.
Book Synopsis Journey to the Republic of Guatemala; Land of the Maya by : Kalman Dubov
Download or read book Journey to the Republic of Guatemala; Land of the Maya written by Kalman Dubov and published by Kalman Dubov. This book was released on 2023-05-10 with total page 291 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Central American country of Guatemala was populated by the Maya people whose empire extended from Honduras to the south to today's southern Mexico. Remnants of their presence are found throughout this region, with monumental architecture, cities, palaces, and great pyramids. Wherever one looks, the explosion of growth and development captures the viewer in its thrall. Even the many glyphs adorning these sites with their unique writing style are a marvel to behold. They lived here for an estimated two thousand years, and then, in the early 16th century, the Spanish came and conquered these people. By then, their greatness had already ended in the midst of the 10th century, when their culture and civilization collapsed. But they retained their culture by way of thousands of pictographic books which detailed their way of life and their advancements. But the Spaniards, zealous in their Catholicism, sought out and destroyed every such book they could find and burned them all. Except for three such books, known as the Maya Codices. Historians and scholars began the slow process of deciphering the Maya past. Great effort was expended and the reality of their lives, culture, kings, wars and daily practice began to emerge. And the world was astounded by the emerging picture. Perhaps a first in the world, was their mathematical calculation with 'zero,' a phenomenal achievement. Interestingly, the glyph of the zero depicted a woman - what mathematical genius was she to use zero in calculations? Their astronomy of the heavenly spheres was astoundingly precise, as was their knowledge of geometry and trigonometry. Their religion, however, included human sacrifices, following the practice of other nearby civilizations, such as the Aztecs, the Inca in South America, and others. The Spaniards stopped such worship and offerings and now subjugated these people into serfdom called encomiendas, or enforced working for the conquistadors and their descendants. Independence from Spain came in 1821, but the Mayan living conditions did not change. The country became divided between the Spanish descendants, now known as the Criollos, the middle class, known as Ladinos (not to be confused with Jews in 9th century Castilian Spain), and the Maya and other indigenous. The social distance from the upper to lower classes was immense. And that distance came forward during Guatemala's Civil War, from 1960 to 1996. The violence and massacres during this period was so evil, the president of the country, Rios Montt, was charged and convicted of Genocide, the first time a country charged its own leader with this crime. At a previous age and time, the face of Guatemala presented immense achievements. Today, violence, crime, and cultural penury is self-evident. Guatemala is a third-world country, where the majority of its people live in great poverty while the upper class has the land, its abundance and vast wealth.
Book Synopsis The Simple 6TM for Beginning Writers by : Kay Davidson
Download or read book The Simple 6TM for Beginning Writers written by Kay Davidson and published by Pieces of Learning. This book was released on 2007 with total page 228 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook by : Rebecca Rupp
Download or read book The Complete Home Learning Sourcebook written by Rebecca Rupp and published by Three Rivers Press (CA). This book was released on 1998 with total page 882 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Lists all the resources needed to create a balanced curriculum for homeschooling--from preschool to high school level.
Book Synopsis Theatre of the Sphere by : Luis Valdez
Download or read book Theatre of the Sphere written by Luis Valdez and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2021-07-27 with total page 156 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Theatre of the Sphere is Luis Valdez’s exploration of the principles that underlie his innovations as a playwright, teacher, and theatrical innovator. He discusses the unique aesthetic, more than five decades in the making, that defines the work of his group El Teatro Campesino—from shows staged on the backs of flatbed trucks by the participants in the Delano Grape Strike of the 1960s to international megahits like Zoot Suit. Opening with a history of El Teatro Campesino, rich with Valdez’s insights and remembrances, the book’s first part provides context for the development of the Theatre of the Sphere acting method. The second part delivers the conceptual framework for Valdez’s acting theory and practice, situating it in Mayan mathematics and metaphysics. The third part of the book applies this methodology to describe the "viente pasos," the 20-element exercise sequence that comprises the core practice of El Teatro Campesino—strengthening the body, balance, precision, and flexibility but also leadership, collaboration, observation, vulnerability, trust, and expression of passion; of consciousness of time, place, self, community, language, and belief; of honour, faith, morality, and commitment. The book concludes with the full text of Valdez’s poem, "El Buen Actor/El Mal Actor," and a comprehensive bibliography for further study. This is a vital and indispensable text for today’s actor, as well as scholars and students of contemporary theatre, American and Chicano performance, and the process of theatre-making, actor training, and community performance.
Download or read book Forthcoming Books written by Rose Arny and published by . This book was released on 2000 with total page 1356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Book Synopsis The Jaguar's Children by : John Vaillant
Download or read book The Jaguar's Children written by John Vaillant and published by HMH. This book was released on 2015-01-27 with total page 293 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This “extraordinary” novel of one man’s border crossing reveals “a human history of sorrow and suffering, all of it beginning with the thirst to be free” (NPR). Héctor is trapped. The water truck, sealed to hide its human cargo, has broken down. The coyotes have taken all the passengers’ money for a mechanic and have not returned. Héctor finds a name in his friend César’s phone: AnniMac. A name with an American number. He must reach her, both for rescue and to pass along the message César has come so far to deliver. But are his messages going through? Over four days, as water and food run low, Héctor tells how he came to this desperate place. His story takes us from Oaxaca—its rich culture, its rapid change—to the dangers of the border, exposing the tangled ties between Mexico and El Norte. And it reminds us of the power of storytelling and the power of hope, as Héctor fights to ensure his message makes it out of the truck and into the world. Both an outstanding suspense novel and an arresting window into the relationship between two great cultures, The Jaguar’s Children shows how deeply interconnected all of us are. “This is what novels can do—illuminate shadowed lives, enable us to contemplate our own depths of kindness, challenge our beliefs about fate. Vaillant’s use of fact to inspire fiction brings to mind a long list of powerful novels from the past decade or so: What is the What by Dave Eggers; The Map of Love by Ahdaf Soueif; The Storyteller by Jodi Picoult.” —Amanda Eyre Ward, The New York Times Book Review “[A] heartbreaker . . . Wrenching . . . with a voice fresh and plangent enough to disarm resistance.” —The Boston Globe “Fearless.” —The Globe and Mail
Download or read book Heart of a Jaguar written by Marc Talbert and published by Simon & Schuster Books For Young Readers. This book was released on 1995 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Balam, a Mayan boy struggling to achieve manhood, participates in fasts, prayers, and rituals to appease the gods and bring rain to his village.
Book Synopsis Two Faces of the Jaguar by : George Dismukes
Download or read book Two Faces of the Jaguar written by George Dismukes and published by Melange Books, LLC. This book was released on 2020-05-19 with total page 214 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Many secrets are hidden within the darkness of the jungle. Behold this one about a man, a woman, a black jaguar, and an ancient Mayan legend. When Andrea Granger was assigned to go to Honduras, ‘get inside and gather evidence’ against the DEA’s main suspect, she was determined to accomplish her mission with the same efficiency as in her previous assignments. But that was before she met her culprit, Brandon Shaw. He melted her heart and her resolve, and so did Naja, Brandon’s 300 pound black jaguar and closest companion. She quickly discovered there was much more to Brandon Shaw than met the eye, and just as quickly, she found her mission in jeopardy. Instead of arresting him, she became determined to rescue the flawed man of the jungle. But could she successfully extricate him from the web he had tangled himself in? As if that weren’t enough, she found that Brandon Shaw was somehow connected to a thousand year old Mayan legend which threatened to destroy everything. Unprepared, she found herself having to deal with an ancient spirit determined to kill her.
Book Synopsis Literature and the Child by : Bernice E. Cullinan
Download or read book Literature and the Child written by Bernice E. Cullinan and published by Wadsworth Publishing Company. This book was released on 1998 with total page 616 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: With a slender design and appealing art, Cullinan and Galda present a thought provoking discussion on how children can read to respond, read to learn, and read to enjoy. This text provides evaluation criteria for selecting superior children's books, rather than listing thousands of titles and synopses. Booklists direct readers to quality literature, and extended discussions of selected titles demonstrate the selection criteria. Multicultural literature is discussed throughout the text, with a separate chapter on more specific multicultural issues. Numerous teaching ideas, many of which are contributed by classroom teachers, provide practical applications. This is a book for teachers, stressing the use of good books in a literature based curriculum.
Book Synopsis The Temple of the Jaguar by : Donald G. Schueler
Download or read book The Temple of the Jaguar written by Donald G. Schueler and published by Random House (NY). This book was released on 1993 with total page 280 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Writer and conservationist Donald Schueler travels through the land of the Maya, seeking a personal renewal.
Book Synopsis Social Studies & the Young Learner by :
Download or read book Social Studies & the Young Learner written by and published by . This book was released on 2001 with total page 336 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Middleworld written by Jon Voelkel and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 415 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When his archaeologist parents go missing in Central America, fourteen-year-old Max embarks on a wild adventure through the Mayan underworld in search of the legendary Jaguar Stones, which enabled ancient Mayan kings to wield the powers of living gods. Includes cast of characters, glossary, facts about the Maya cosmos and calendar, and a recipe for chicken tamales.
Book Synopsis Children's Books In Print 1998 by : Bowker Editorial Staff
Download or read book Children's Books In Print 1998 written by Bowker Editorial Staff and published by Reed Reference Publishing. This book was released on 1998 with total page 1256 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
